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60 miles per hour, so it strengthened significantly ineds the iglast couple of hours, i s you this to you in for a couple reasons, it's going to head up the east coast and likely bringy us some rain, potentially parts of the area heavy rain tomorrow this will be a bart of thee forecast ia part of the areain . 65 at reagan national. nati 62 dulles, and 61 61bwi marshala a few showers locally. some of those showers will try y to spill east, and here inre washington a few afternoon showers, they will be scattered and we will start to see more widespread rain tonight and thee best chance of rain tomorrow ass the storm approaches from theomh south. i will have more on that comingg up. 80 today, plenty of clouds, a a few showers around later. later. >> much later? late
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>> well later, this afternoon. >> i was like later this mornino or -- >> i'm sorry. sorry >> it's okay.>> it's >> just wanted specific times. e >> let's check in with juliejule wright and get the latest. >> reporter: i'm thinking of later as will it affect the trip home. this morning's commute is tiedsd up because of an ongoing fire fe investigation that continues to block eastbound pennsylvania avenue between 10th and that is eastbound coming, and inbound, they're very much an open situation for you, ther lanes are open, but they arrivev at the scene and we do have thee left side of the roadway tied up. stick by with little delay. de there's a portion of 12th 12 street blocked between pennsylvania avenue and 11th 11h street is blocked between betw pennsylvania and g. north of the beltway, at the university and the eastbound lanes headed in the direction ot the beltway is blocked.
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all traffic being blocked off at dennis, westbound, all lanes are open. that's the check of fox 5 on time traffic. traffi julie, thank you very much.. a massive fire at i historic building in capital neighborhood burned overnight. over at the ebbed it appears that frager's is a complete loss. lo. >> the store has been an an institution. good morning, mel. >> reporter: standing at pennsylvania avenue, we're all e the way across four lanes of of traffic from where the burned out building is.ilding you can still smell it, it's this thick, oil, black smoke is hanging over everything. everyti the scene here was unbelievable. yesterday very much still a large, police and fire presencee here. some of them have packed up, up others still standing by here to make sure that nothing flaresnoa back up again. ag weyandt to shoi want to show yot building, sometimes it's hard th
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see in this light, but every once in a while i see steam orm smoke rising from the rooftop showing you that it's still verv much, burning, not burning, buti still very, very hot, testament to the intensity of the fire that happened here last night. there were 50 trucks, 200ks, 200 firefighters on scene here battling to save this landmark.t the fire started aroundar 6:00 p.m. on wednesday. we as it grew, it spewed the thickk black smoke that was seen for fr miles as the content of the adjacent hardware burned. burned by night the flames were aglow w in the darkening sky. at one point the firefighters ff were blasting the building with 20,000-gallons of water a minute. two fir firefighters were hurt,d the community is feeling pain and sadness from the loss of a a store that they say was like ann old friend.. >> this is an absolute tragedy e
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and everyone will be concerned.o there's so much in a hardware store like frager's, from from lumber, electrical supplies, pesticides, of course, paint ann everything else. >> if couldn't find what you needed at home depot, you went t to frager's. frag they had everything and great gt customer service.servic it's add sad to see it burning. >> reporter: frager's wase built in 1920. 20. crowds gathered alonged along pennsylvania avenue to watch firefighters valiant efforts too save it. . neighbors were told to go into their houses and turn on the air-conditioning to protecto prt themselves from the caustic ustc smoke. >> reporter: you can see the heat rising out of this burned out building. build tommy wells, councilman for thee area said the community will rally behind frager's and its is employees and do whatever they y can to try to help them get baca on their feet. sarah and tony. >> all right, melanie, thank you very much. much.
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the fire at the frager's store is spark the scene as one of the most memorable fires, one that destroyed the eastern market. it cost $20 million in damage, and it took more than two years for the eastern market to fully reopen. a new report claims that u.s. government is secretly sece collecting millions of records. the report shows that the a court order requires them to turn them to the news agency. an the court order was granted by e the u.s. foreign intelligencence surveillance court on april 25th. it remains in effect until july 19th. verizon must hand over telephono numbers, locations, times and ad call duration. durat the guardian also reports the fbi was granted access to thecee records. the order is allowed under thete patriot act. you may recall back in 2006, in telephone records were collected as part of an antiterrorism investigation.inves there's in word yet on why this
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most recent request was made.ma this news comes on the heels of an investigation into the department of justice seizing home records of journalists from several news agencies including the associated press and fox news. the current u.s. ambassadors to the united nations is gettinn promoted to a white house job. president obama named susan rice to bd e his national security advisor. announcement devise republicanei critics who accuse her of beinge a part of the cover up of the oh attacks in libya that killed kie four americans. however, e-mail records show shw that rice had no role in the the infamous talking point. poin rice does not have to face a senate confirmation to ben to b national security advisor. advir straight ahead, if you livee in virginia, will you need to to stay away from some park areas s today. we will tell you why, and which ones are affected. affe a pennsylvania family wins their battle for a young girl t be added to a transplant list. we will have an update coming u next.  enough about the book, i want to hear about your date.
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welcome back. a major victory in pennsylvania, a 10-year-old girl who desperately needs a lung
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transplant will be allowed tol receive one from an adult. adul yesterday a federal judge agreed the doctors of sarah's cystic fibrosis, and ruled that she ca be temporarily placed on theplac list for an adult lung until june 14th's hearing. kathleen savill sebelius, was ae change the order. or she has asked the organ and transplant team to review the policy. in the meantime, girls can purchase, generic versions of the contraceptive.ve. the government has appealed thee ruling that would make the morning-after pill accessible to girls regardless of their age. e crews will be spraying selfa parks in the area in an effort to reduce the tick population.
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today they are spraying, claude moorpark, franklin park, on monday philip bohl less than thn memorial park, and banshee reeks, and conklin park. coming up next, invasion of privacy or keeping your children safe. the new device some are using and why it has parents in outrage. chrysler is refusing to recall vehicles and why it says that the vehicles are safe as the government is considering legal action. acti clouds on the increase and rainshowers moving in tonight and possibly a tropical storm or the remnant of tomorrow. tomo yes, we will ache at a look at e weather and julie will have the traffic after the break. 
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 february 22n2nd. a landmark transportation bill is up for consideration in the virginia legislature. even though it's backed by republican governor mcdonnell, tea party republicans refuse to support the plan.
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but terry mcauliffe thinks this is too important a time for partisan politics. mcand the bill passes.to democrats and urges them to support the bill. terry mcauliffe. putting virginia first.
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a florida school district is apologizing for a pilot security program that involved the irise of some students eyes being scanned. this was done without parent permission.permission. high-tech cameras were installed on the school buses, a studentsd was assigned a number, and the e school tracked that student's behavior. the student was able to track tc when a child got off the bus ask arrived home.. >> that is bizarre that they were able to do that withoutwith getting permission. perm >> i'm sure from their point ofo view it was a safety matter, bu, just get the permission. >> crazy, all right --right >> a couple of beautiful days yesterday and the day before cooperated in a big way. way. >> i was miserable because of allergies. yesterday included the pollenpol
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report in some of these weather forecasts. >> we are busy, like a tropicall storm. >> okay, all right.right. >> let's try to get it at 5:30,, tony, get the personalizedzed forecast. >> other people have allergies,, too. >> it's grass pollen. >> all right, let's go to that. [ laughter ] >> when is wisdom coming back, sarah? [ laughter ] >> wow, you got that. >> reagan national.gan nati you don't ask me questions like that. 55 in leonardtown. leon 52 in fredericksburg.fredecksb obviously, warmer than it was 2 hours ago, but it should be a a decent day.day. getting up to 80, a lot morere cloudiness, and humidity, youy,u will notice that creeping up ass well. 63 this morning manassas, 62 ou6 at dulles, so again temperaturei not bad to start the day. here comes the cloud cover, and with it some rainshowers out to the west, most of thesef ese rainshowers will remain out west for the time being, but later this afternoon, some of theseer
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will start to slip to the east.e we will have a chance for scattered rain around here later today. just keep that in mind, bring ai umbrella just in case. i want to focus off to the south, and to our south and souh west, and this is tropical storm andrea, i mean, looking very impressive for so early in the a season here. he it's after all, early june, and winds 60 miles per hour, just hr got an update a few moments ago. still tracking to the north at t 10. that pressure is falling 947 millibars. it's falling a couple miles mils south and west. tampa. it will track to the north and east, it will be a player in our weather, as the moisture gets gs dragged up to the north. to let me pthut the futurecast in motion. let me show you what happens tot the tropical system. some of that tropical moistureti is going to get thrown to the te north as early as 6:00. as 6 notice we got showers across the area, later tonight, and we have showers around occasionally,nal, during the day tomorrow. to there we go the bulk of the
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tropical moisture associated with andrea moves ahead. ah tomorrow seems to be a wet day.. where will the storm trek, stilt questions marks about that. it will push to the south and sd east, and we will potentially pick up a couple of inches of of rain so we will have potential for a flood advisory. the good news it's a relativelya quick move and it should be out of here by the morning. morning tomorrow could be a wet one with potential for localized flooding. winds on south and east at 5-10. tonight, showers likelyonig, overnight, and the bulk of thete rainshower activity will move we through tomorrow as andrea moves on through.on th it pushes to the south and east. potentially down, where theheree center of that circulation mayi pass through.through. they could have 50 to 60-mile per hour wind gusts and several inninches of rain. ra. we got to monitor that, but this is not a major hurricane. rrica >> here we go.ere we go. >> it's still going to wreckwrec
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some havoc. hac. t thank you, sir. sir. let's go to julie with thethe traffic. >> reporter: problemsroblems downtown, as a result of a firee that took place that they're the still investigating at thisis hour. what you need to know is there's a portion of outboundouound pennsylvania avenue coming waye from the d.c. between 10th 10th and 12th street southeastreet se that remains closed. ose also a portion of 12th 12th street blocked off, and 11th11th street remains blocked off f between pennsylvania avenue ande g street. g this is for the ongoing investigation, melanie alnwickak is reporting from the scene andd she will be with us. dennis avenue, inbounded head hd toward the capital beltway. all traffic being diverted di westbound the lanes are open. on a peek at the cameras. lanes are open at virginia with no issviues to report on northbound i-95, continuing co north the prince william parkwai out the wood bridge. all lanes are open, overnight oi construction clear for folksfols headed southbound out of dumfries. this is a portion of
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pennsylvania avenue, a live shot of pennsylvania here. some traffic is able to get by.. that's the fox 5 on time traffic. chrysler is refusing to recall millions of cars and if they don't respond by june 18th, they could be sued.. safety regula regulators want cr to recall 2 support 6 millionro vehicles, they are being askedd to recall cherokees from 19n 193 to 2004. it's extremely rare for an autoo company to refuse a recall when it does happen it's usually usua because they don't want the bad publicity. it feels like everywhere you turn in the area, you find a loa of food, restaurants and food trucks, the list goes on. now you will be able to indulgeu in healing healthy options at tt
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park. two men start up with internship. kevin mccarthy sit down withth on owen wilson and vince vaughng for the latest. la a two night family get away or one of four hershey prize package. all you have to do is go tot the facebook page to like it and enter. you can find the complete rules and entry format my fox 5dc, facebook page. we're back after this. 
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get ready for more laughs as owen wilson and vince vaughnvaug
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team up again. agai they are interns at google. >> and kevin mccarthy sits down with the stars at google headquarters. >> i think the audiences has responded to the movie, i thinkh the reason it's there's a lot of warmth and optimism. in this case we deal with guys whose careers have been shutdown and relationships. you look back and you don't hava a relationship and you questionn what you have done. there's something winning ing in life when people are willing tor start over, they still want things in life and they're not t too proud to start at the the beginning again. so you know, i think that ishats what makes these characters soso perfect for this is that they'r willing to try. to tr >> one of my favorite scenes in the film is when you walk into o this cafe and, you geek out of k all of this free stuff. >> whether you get per deem, it
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feels better that you're not paying for it. it. >> it's like an all inclusive resort, there's volleyball. >> it's like clu club med here. >> what is the one perk that tht still geeks you out, how are wee getting this? this >> i'm always a sucker for per ddediem. one of the things, how peoplepee are responding to the movie.movi when you're first beginning kine of in acting, you deal with ade lot of rejection and these guys, our characters are dealing with a lodet of rejection, so the the chance to make a new beginning and the chance to be a part ofof something is a story that it it seems like everybody can relate to. >> it's fun like in the summer, everything is a see qet, there'
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what is going on in the human hn experience. >> there's underlying thing in n the film how technology has s taken over human interaction, ie and we're at dinners not concentrating on the personnt we'rrae in front of. you say, no internet for three e hours. >> had i to make set rules not so much for myself. my for vince.forvince. >> this guy is always buried in his computer.computer. i'd say vince, can we talk? >> i would say to him, owen the computer is not on, take a hintt it's not that interesting toto hear the same tory. [ laughter ] >> they're funny. the they seem to have a great relationship. >> the wedding crashers, itit looks funny. funny. the internship opens in theaterr tomorrow. kevin will be in studio with ush for the review of the movie and other films opening. opening cross our fingers. fingers we will be back with the
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day's top stories at 5:28. s
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are you going the robot? >> yeah. tucker, where does it fall in the pan thio pan thion of ro? >> they're not super rock. rock. >> we have been having a conversation. >> trying to figure out who aret the hard rockers. >> i wasn't privy to that to tht conversation. we will continue later today. we got a tropical storm to talkk about but most importantly, we are going to talk about thee pollen count. >> thank you, tucker.
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>> if you are sneezing like tony, it's the grass pollen. the good news is that we are wee going to have some rain and that will tend to pull down the pollen numbers, although the mold spores will be on the rise. here is the pollen count. co >> that is just for you. you. >> several people yesterdayho wo also were suffering from allergies. >> when i ask tucker about the e pollen count, i get it by 10:00 a.m. usually.m. i will get it to you. you. >> i'm a busy man, but for tony. we look fine this morning,s we do have cloud cover, big changes, more humidity today an the potential for showers,ers, likely showers by late this afternoon and tonight. bring an umbrella.bringn umb much of your day will be cloudyl the best chance will be out to the west. we are starting to see showersss to parts of maryland and partsas of west virginia.virginia. more coming up on tropical storm andrea. you will see, because that willa
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be impacting the weather tomorrow.tomorro maximum winds coming up at 60 miles per hour.hour. 80 examine cloud80 and cloudy.c. >> let's go to julie wright, shg has the latest with the on timee traffic. we are taking you back downtown.downto melanie alnwick reporting live from the scene of frager's hardware store. >> reporter: you will find eastbound pennsylvania avenuensi between 10tha and 12th 12th street southeast.utheast. that is coming outbound away from d.c. d.c. that is where we still have the closure points.clos 12th streetur remains blocked off, between pennsylvania avenue and g street until further notice. let's pop up the cameras, early, morning crash, a single car into a utility pole.pole. this has closed off a portion of eastbound boulevard, eastbound in the direction of the cast beltway, still blocked off right now. the emps turned on the camera at
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the scene. scene. there's an ongoing investigatioi at the scene. lanes are open for thoseose traveling southbound 270 coming0 out of germantown headed to thee on lane divide.divide. that's a check of fox 5 to time traffic. an end to an era. frager's hardware store seems to be a complete loss after a devastating fire.d the store which is betweenbetwen 11th and 12th streets 12th was open for more than 90 years. flames were first reported at at the historic building around 6:00 last night. more than 100 firefightersers battled at large blaz alarm blao one was hurt. no one knows what sparked the e blaze but they believe itlieve t started outside of the building. several streets, that is, that s surrounding the scene are stilll loss closed this early morning. a northeast d.c. neighborhood is on high alert at this morning after two men broke into a home, sexually assaulteda
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a woman and shot at her husband who was trying to protect her. >> this happened at the 2400 block of second street around 4:00 this wednesday morning.ng. the husband woke up to find a a man with a knife in the bedroome he was taking cell phones, phon laptops and money. money the homeowner was shot at whilee trying to to intervene. inter the suspect took off running and the incident is the latest in t the series of break-ins and now residents are pleading for helpe >> we have had so many break-ins, we think that by this point, you know, maybe the police would be riding throughru the neighborhood more often, but there's some feeling, like we're in northeast. >> d.c. police are still looking for a suspect in the latest incident.incide relatives of the 16 afghan n civilians who were shot by a a u.s. army sergeant are upset that he is vieding the death --g the death penalty. a military judge is acceptingacg the guilty plea. plea he admitted to the massacre in a
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raid. he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and his lawyer says that he had been drinking contraband alcohol, and snorting valium on the night of the hearing. they will decide if he will ever be eligible for parole. parol the nation will pause to to remember one of the most famouss days in the military history. ht tonight is the 16th th 1 anniversary of d-day when u.s. forces stormed the beaches of france. the ford motor company is paying for a group of veterans from frm kentucky to visit the world warr ii memorial today. it's part of the honor flight fh fireman that brings vets fromvem all over the country to the nation's capital.ation's ca first lady is hitting the campaign trail in virginia.virg. michelle obama will deliver remarks for a fundraiser at terry mcauliff. tickets for the event range from $100 to $750.
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mcauliff held a 2-1 edge against kent cuccinelli in campaign funds last month.month. why four abortion clinics in maryland were forced to shutut their doors. the latest figure on how much money maryland casinos are bringing in. have table games made a a difference. it looks like wall street could benefit from the casino co money. a sharp slide sent the dow below 15,000 for the first time in nearly a month. japan's nikkei fell more than 110 points, and the asian markets are at the lowest levels following disappointing news on hiring. this morning investors areinvesr waiting for the big may unemployment report. right now it's 5:38. we will be right back. 
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the maryland jern assemblyra holds a hearing at the
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corruption scandal. scandal they were indicted for helping e gang members to smuggle money me and cell phones to the jail. four of those officers became be pregnant by the ring leader. leader. in maryland four abortion clinics have been shutdown andwn three licenses have had their licenses suspended after a a patient died at one of those clinics. s in baltimore, cheverly and silver spring weree shutdown in march, and they were allowed to reopen, and thenthen shutdown again.again. the patient died after going into heart arrest.rest. casinos raked in $69 million, and 50 million of that came from slots. slots it appears that people aret peoe playing most of their money at maryland live at anne arundel
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county.county gamblers have put more than 5000 meld i$500 million in maryland e which is more than the state predicted. coming up next, the solesole winner of that massive powerball jackpot comes forward. and you won't believe the luck that led her to the winning wini ticket. a live look outside on this tuesday morning.tues we're checking the morningg theo traffic and your weather, plus tucker has a look at tropical tr storm andrea. he has that on the other side of the break.
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february 22n2nd. a landmark transportation bill is up for consideration in the virginia legislature. even though it's backed by republican governor mcdonnell, tea party republicans refuse to support the plan. but terry mcauliffe thinks this is too important a time for partisan politics. mcauliffe reaches out to democrats and urges them to support the bill. and the bill passes.
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beautiful day for the womanf who won, aul mystery no more. r. we know who won the jackpot last month. gloria mckinsey of floridafloria won. the jackpot was $590 million. $5 but she wants the lump-sum of $370 million. no surprise, most people want that. mckenzi was in line at thethe
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publix when a kind stranger lett her go to the front to get her r quick pick ticket.et. she is the largest sole lottery winner in u.s. history. hi >> she apparently says she is ss going to share it with her son.o she showed up with her son to get the winnings. wi >> i imagine. >> you know, share with her her family. >> the other guy who let her goo in front of her. he >> we are thinking the same thing. >> quick pick, do you pick yourr own numbers. numb >> i let the computer pick themp for you. >> yeah, theoretically, if heale was going the same thing, he he would have gotten the numbers. >> i would think so. >> all right. right >> maybe she should give himoulg some of the money. >> i'm sure he will be filing suit. >> that's right.right >> she has plenty of it, that is for sure. su let's get the forecast. we got a lot of weather to talkk in short periods of time and we got changes.got ch first thing we will get this morning, warmer than it was
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yesterday, 65 in washington, and yesterday we were waking up with clear skies and the cool conditions, 50s in the north and west. it's in the low to mid-50s, warmer than it was 24 hours ago. clouds on the increase, a lot of clouds, eventually showery showr activity. the winds are out of the south.. we're funneling allo a lot of tropical moisture. mo we can see moisture off to the west. eventually some showers willowel move in here, by afternoon, we will start to see scatteredscatd showers and see where theh showers are out to the west. bring um principle umbrella ann rainshowers. this is what you want to focus.u this is tropical storm andrea,an the season officially starts onr june first expwer in the first s week o-- and we're 91stweek of t week of the season. pressure down to 997 mill aa
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barksz thimillibars,this whole o going to get pushed into the mid-atlantic, potential for flooding rain around parts ofrot the area during the day tomorrow. speeds pick up to 13 miles per hour, north and northeast.st. and notice the track is put outt by the hurricane track center,c, and we focus up here. here it looks like it could pass over ocean city and out to the sea, perhaps as a weak tropical storm friday afternoon. wouldn't be terribly concerned with the wind, although they may approach 50 miles per hour, but the rainfall potential could be three, four, maybe six inches oh rain if you're right at center i of this storm.o we will watch the track. tr it will send you further towardo thu e north.rth. either way clouds and a goodd ad chance of steady rain, perhaps e heavy rain for the day tomorrow. 80 today, mostly cloudy skies, e p.m. showers, likely by eveningv winds south and east 5:00 to
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10:00. 10: cloudy skies, showers likely, the tropical moisture moves in tomorrow. rain and the potential forntialr storms, ask potential fortentiar flooding as well. well. we will have to keep a close eye on the forecast, definitely today and tonight and there's ah the weekend forecast. saturday, and sunday doesn't suo look bad with highs about 80,80, and yeah, we will worry aboutabu that tomorrow and next week.wee. >> there's nothing on there that looks too bad, actually. >> i mean, really., re >> except for tomorrow and heavy rain and a tropical storm. >> i was trying to put a good gd spin on things, thanks. >> i love having you here early in the morning. moing >> it's keeping me honest. >> i was look aththe at the temperatures. clearly i overlooked the storm. i actually thought he was hs asleep and had his eyes closed l little bit. >> taking it all in.. >> takintaking it all in. in. >> i'm glad somebody is takingia it all in, clearly, i wasn't.,
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>> reporter: he has nothing noi to say. on the roads this morning, weg, have been talking about a crashs that occurred overnight. overnit it's still under investigation on the scene university boulevard. a single car crash remains under investigation the roadway still blocked right now with police on the scene. this is eastbound universityd uv boulevard headed toward the the capital beltway right across the street from the funeral homes.he skyfox is live over the scene or and we do have the live pick if you want to pull that up. up. there's not too much of a backup headed eastbound, it's nothing s that we want to keep an eye oth of traffic headed out to 495, westbound all lanes are open. on single car crash, you can see se that car is damaged badly atbadl this point. point. the investigation continues togi block the road. let's continue now with the mape be we want to talk about what it happening downtown. frager's hardware store caught g fire last night. eastbound pennsylvania avenue,en that is coming fromns d.c. out pound, still blocked from penn n and treflgh 12th street. st
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and 11th street blocked off between pennsylvania avenue ands g streetyl.g st a quick peek at the cameras, caa northbound i-95, now checking for a crash possibly tying up two lanes near the exit for lorton. they were late clearing up the e road work that was tying up, up, southbound i-95. we do have a crew trying to pick up the cones, that is southbound headed toward dumb tree dumfrieu that's a check of fox 5 to timee traffic. if you plan to enjoy the beautiful outdoors this summerth and take in some of the areasars parks, you're in for a surprisep >> new food options areod op available for you. and coming up after the break, beth parker shows us what toat expect and what is behind the changes when we return. hey! did you know that honey nut cheerios
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23 million meals is how mucn food is seived m at national pas area. >> in the next few months you will notice changes on menu at t
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parks and concession stands,sta, beth parker has the story. >> reporter: they may look look like this but soon to they willl sound like this. that is the sound of sizzling fish tacos. the secretary of interior likese the sound of it and the taste. >> this is the black bean bean sliders and this is the lovely fish taco. and yeah, watch this. >> reporter: at the nationalna park service unveiled new new standards requiring park concessioners across the country to offer healthy menu options. >> oftentimes it's a family vacation. it's a great way to see what we stand for not just the nationali monument but healthy foods and d buying local and showing off the produce from that area. >> being in the outdoors is good for you. we think that having healthy food is a part of that healthy
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experience. expe >> he is a on a school trip visiting d.c. and he tried the e crab cakes. ca >> it tastes difference but they were still great. >> reporter: a tense of whatof they offer.. the crab cakes, there's theer black and bean burger.burger tell me what this is right here. >> we have local chicken salad.. local chicken and fresh fresh vegetables from the local area a here in washington. waingto >> chopped beans, and red onion, ask cu cumin. cumin. >> that is the black bean burg burger >> it's been great. surprisingly so.risingly so. i thought maybe a few peoplepeoe will buy t as you can see from o this, people are really seekinge it out now, the healthier alternatives and willing to tryy different things. >> reporter: we tried the black bean burger. >> it has a roasted tomato onman the bottom and water crest and
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sweet onion relish.lish. >> that's tasty. tasty. >> just in time for summer summ vacation season in washingtonn beth parker, fox 5 news. news that looks really good. >> it does, i got to say. >> yeah. >> and you're going to get fried later. >> later on about 9:50 we get to try sometime food. >> thank you. >> that will be fun. straight ahead at 6:00, 6:0, we're live outside of the frager's hardware, that is wherr crews are still applying watery after last evenings fire. melanie alnwick joins with us us the last night efforts.efforts. fox 5 morning news will be right back.  all the chicken in your grocery store
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